The K-League 1 overall standings tell a tale about these squads so far, with Gwangju ahead of Gangwon by 25 points. Get your full match preview:
- Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (30) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (25) in K-League 1
This looks to be an engaging game with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Gwangju form and stats
The story so far in the K-League 1 for Gwangju at their home stadium (Gwangju World Cup Stadium) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Happy days for Gwangju in their previous game, a fixture away at Jeju United (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Manager Lee felt very clever after Ha scored the winning goal against Jeju United, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 86th minute.
Before that game, the home loss against Jeonbuk Motors with the scoreline 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gwangju have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Gwangju have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium with 23 goals in 15 league matches. Gwangju have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Gangwon form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gangwon so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-6 (win-draw-lose).
Gangwon's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Daejeon Citizen that finished 1-1.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Incheon United.We have checked recent matches where Gangwon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 11 of this club's most recent 14 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gangwon as they have only managed to score 10 times from 15 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Gangwon have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (1-3-0) versus Gwangju.Gwangju and Gangwon have faced each other before this season: Gangwon - Gwangju 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Asani 7 goals | J. Eom 5 goals |  Lee Geon-hee 4 goals |
Gwangju missing players
Gangwon missing players
| Gwangju | Gangwon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 44 | 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| 30 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 37 |
| 91% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 91% |
| 72% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 53% | 69% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 13% | 22% |
| 19% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 9% |
| 9% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 38% | 20% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 53% |
| 41% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 31% | 47% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 53% | 41% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 14.2 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 28% | 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 22% | 25% |
| 11.8 | 10.2 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 14.1 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Gangwon have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (10) away in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (25) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the most matches under the total-line (25) in K-League 1
- Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gwangju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Gwangju have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gangwon have scored away.
- Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in K-League 1
- Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (30) in K-League 1
- Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ulsan | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 66 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 32 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 48 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 58 |
| 3 | Gwangju | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 51 |
| 4 | Daegu | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 48 |
| 5 | Seoul | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 47 |
| 6 | Incheon United | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | Daejeon Citizen | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 31 | -4 | 42 |
| 9 | Jeju United | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Suwon | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 33 | -28 | 30 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 32 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 26 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
